LANE ONE: U.S. House committee report indicates little change coming to the Ted Stevens...
While the Ropes & Gray Report on the Larry Nassar sex-abuse scandal has grabbed most of the national headlines, an important report from one...
THE BIG PICTURE: Salt Lake City selected by USOC for a future Winter Games...
The U.S. is back in the Olympic bidding business, this time for an Olympic Winter Games.
At its Board of Directors meeting in San Francisco...
UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE: Blackmun referred to U.S. Justice Dept.
Former USOC chief executive Scott Blackmun faces new legal issues as a follow-up to the release of the Ropes & Gray report last week...
LANE ONE: The Nassar sex-abuse scandal: What actually happened (and didn’t happen)?
The long-awaited report on the Larry Nassar sex-abuse scandal in gymnastics from the Boston-based Ropes & Gray law firm was made public on Monday...
LANE ONE: USOC’s reformation attempt with gymnastics is only its latest NGB adventure
The move by the United States Olympic Committee to institute revocation of recognition proceedings against USA Gymnastics drew headlines in the wake of the...
LANE ONE: USA Gymnastics to USOC: “We’re not dead yet”
You have to give credit to the USA Gymnastics Board of Directors. They aren’t giving up and they are not about to roll over...
LANE ONE: Walking in parallel, the IOC and USOC are reworking their power over...
Perhaps not unexpectedly, the International Olympic Committee and the United States Olympic Committee are walking, side-by-side, down a parallel road of de-certification of a...
THE BIG PICTURE: More pressure on the U.S. Olympic Committee in the Larry Nassar...
While most of the focus in the Larry Nassar sex-abuse scandal has been on his employer, Michigan State University, and USA Gymnastics, where he...
THE BIG PICTURE: Process to de-certify USA Gymnastics will take time
When U.S. Olympic Committee chief executive Sarah Hirshland began the process of de-certification of USA Gymnastics as the National Governing Body for the sport,...
GYMNASTICS: USA Gymnastics still alive, “remains the recognized” NGB
USA Gymnastics is in a lot of trouble, but it’s not dead yet. Board chair Karen Golz posted a message to the U.S. gymnastics...
THE BIG PICTURE: Reno-Tahoe out for U.S. bid for 2030 Winter Games
Beyond the drama in Calgary for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games was the announcement that the Reno-Tahoe Winter Games Coalition announced on Monday that...
THE BIG PICTURE: USA Gymnastics estimates $75 million cost of Nassar’s claims on insurance
There was significant reporting this past week about the filings by USA Gymnastics of its 2017 financial statements and its IRS Form 990 tax...
THE BIG PICTURE: USOC timing slaps USAG athletes right before their World Champs
The United States Olympic Committee announcement that it will begin the process to de-certify USA Gymnastics as the National Governing Body for gymnastics came...
LANE ONE: U.S. Olympic Committee drops the hammer on USA Gymnastics, but also on...
The FIG World Championships in Artistic Gymnastics finished in Doha (QAT) on Saturday. On Monday, new U.S. Olympic Committee chief executive, Sarah Hirshland, announced...
GAMES Preview: Third Youth Olympic Games starts on Saturday
Some 3,998 athletes from 206 nations are gathering in Buenos Aires (ARG) for the third Youth Olympic Games, a creation of the International Olympic...
LANE ONE: Senate hearing asks four NGBs to turn control over to its athletes
Should athletes run the sports they participate in?
The key exchanges of Wednesday’s fourth hearing on “Protecting U.S. Amateur Athletes: Examining Abuse Prevention Efforts Across...
United States Olympic Committee: More money for Paralympic bonuses, SafeSport
There was a lot of activity at the 2018 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Assembly in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Some of the highlights:
∙ The U.S....
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